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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

Chief Justice N. W. Mcconnell is in the
city and will deliver the Fourth of July
grafton according to programme and
The MINER can pledge in advance that it
will be an address equal to the occasion.
The Chief Justice has shown strength on
the bench and there has met with the gem
eral appreciation Of the bar. He has
grasped the legal situation in
complicated cases under statutes neces-
sarily strange to him, and he has been
commended for decisive and just action by
the local press wherever he has held court.
His decisions have been clear and compre-
hensive. The MINER would welcome him
to Butte as q man who will work for the
interest of Montana.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

The true inwardness of the MARTA,
miseries Of the King and Queen OF Servia,
seems to be that the King wants a divource
from his fair Natalie who is pouting under
the protection of the Car who has his
eagle eye set on her son, the Crown Prince,
as a possible succession in the event King
Milan should be deposed. 1t is an ordi.
nary case OF domestic discord with the
variations OF royalty in doubt and dis.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

New York City inaugurated the Fourth
OF July festivities by q premature pyrotec-
tic display on yesterday. A five story fire
cracker manufacture in the city vent up in
flame and smoke. And there will be a
shortage in the finger crop when the season
ia over.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06
A SINGULAR SUICIDE.

This city and Helena we're im~measurably
shocked and grieved yesterday when it was
learned that Mr.. A. Sands, one OF the lead.
ing business men Of Montana and Colora.
do, had committed suicide in a room at
the Albemarle Hotel in Butte. There can
he no accounting for the awful act, by his
many friends, except on the theory Of tenn
porary mental alteration for he a a
man Of magnificent mental capacity, with
q mind marvelously we'll balanced as was
shown by the magnitude and diversified
character OF his achievements in the business
affairs of a long and successful life.
There seemed to be no limit to his business
saga:ity in manipulating varied industries
at widely divergent points. He was always
in the advance guard OF public enterprises
in the communities where he was interested.
His interview, published in The MINER the
other day as to the proposed Butte
Board OF Trade, will be recalled with added
interest by all who reed it. 1t breathed the
progressive spirit OF a man who looked to
the future of this life, and is singularly in
consistent with his act OF yesterday, when
he voluntarily terminated his earthly ca
reer. 1t will be a sad blow to a devoted
family and a large circle of personal friends
and business associates.
-
From the latest advices, based on the
characteristics Of the deceased and the
circumstances of the sad suicide OF Mr.. A.
Sands, the acceptable theory OF his friends
is that after having perfected the details of
a deal that had preoccupied his mind, the
relapse led to a momentary mental collapse
and the sequal that has cast q shadow OF
gloom over several communities and
stricken the family and immediate friends
OF the deceased with a deep and an abiding
sorrow. The theory that lie was led to
the rash act by serious financial en-
barrassment is not entertained by those
who are in a position to know of his bust
ness affairs. His family affairs were OF
the happiest, he being a devoted
husband and an affectionate father. his
wife and children being loyal and loving.
His domestic relations were regarded by
those familiar with the family as a model
OF affectionate mutual devotion.
~
It is generally accepted among exalted
medical authorities that no sane man will
deliberately take his own life; that there
must be at least a momentary suspension
OF well balanced mental faculties which |
could lead to the act of self.de.tructioD, as
self protection is the first law OF hu-
man, and even OF animal nature.
Therefore there is but one tenable
theory Of this tragic and most lamentable
event; and that is that it was the result OF
mental alteration. growing out
Of the relapse that follows great mental
action, confined to the accomplishment OF
a single purpose, and the GROWING OF the
same with success.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

A crank in Washington has been camping
on the trail of President Cleveland, waiting
to catch him on his way to church that he
might settle an imaginary score. He
should have been up in the A%dirondacks
when the President was angling for five
pound trout. Then he could nave taken q
sure-thing shot. When he gets a chance at
Cleveland on his way to church he may
bank on it that the thermometer is below
zero.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

A Washington special tells q good story
on the patriarchical looking Senator
Malone of Virginia. He had been out until
a late hour in the evening and had raked
in a substantial lack pot, perhaps on a
pat bluff as that is his game. When he
retired, he slept the sleep of the innocent
and the just, until morning when he
awakened to find his cash, his clothes and
other assets had been removed" by a
later worker than he. And of such IL
the fate Of statesmen who trust to guardian
angels, with the fruits Of jack pots in their
clothes.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

AS predicted in The MINERS Helena dis
patches the other day, hardly had Gov.
Leslie crossed the PrickIy Pear when the
sheep men got after him with clamorous
acclaim demanding IL quarantine procla-
nation against scab, foot-rot, bugs, etc.
And he has granted the request, quaran.
timing the territory against the mild -eyed
but afflicted sheep OF Oregon, Nevada and
California. Washington territory, Idaho
and Utah. Any sheep coming from
these states and territories must be able
to show a clean bill Of health and a certif-
cate OF character. Otherwise he will he
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

Mr.. Whitney, OF Canada, who is sum.
mering in. Northern New York hopes that by
the time he breaks into another Office on
his side OF the line he will have been so
thoroughly Americanized that be will leave
nothing in the safe when he leaves his
country.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

Henry George is making a tour of the
country in a new suit OF clothes and a two
story hat. Perhaps he has the new
party in the upper story. It is a much
o plausible theory than that he carries
it in his pocket.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06
PROGRESS.
One Hundred and Thirty Leases Expiring
That Will Not Be Renewed On Account
of the Lion Law,

One Hundred ana Thirty Leases Expirin,
That Will Not BE Renewed on Accoun
Of the Lion Law.
In conversation yesterday with a gentle
man whose sources of information on tn,
subject are unimpeachable. he stated tina,
up to a week ago thirty leases Oh mines il
this camp expired which will not be re
newed owing. az he said, to the outrageous
provisions of the new lien law. 1t is fur
ther said that one hundred more will ex
pire in a short time, none OF which will be
renewed unless heavy bonds can be given
by the parties renewing the leases, which il
almost impossible, owing to the inability
OF working miners, who are not capitalists,
to give bonds. THE lien law said he sis
hurting the mining industry more than Any
other n thing. The low price of silver
and copper undoubtedly have an injurious
effect upon the camp; but this lien law is
PREVENTING DEVELOPMENT.
The alien law, too, is hurting the mining
centres. It's all very we'll controlling the
possession Of agricultural land by aliens.
That is a matter open to discussion and l
believe there is room for opinions on both
sides. but to enforce that law in a mining
country is simple madness. What is this
community, for instance, without the use
of outside capital? 1t doesn't make q
particle OF difference where the capital
comes from. 1t has to be spent here before
q cent be got out OF it. They have got
to invest it in permanent plant and devel-
opment work and that means employ
ment to laborers here and not abroad,
both in the construction and afterwards in
WORKING THE PROPERTY.
How many mines are realizing ten per
cent. on their capital now? Very few. And
in this center it needs all the capital we can
get-from Europe or anywhere, it doesn't
matter-to push the development of the
bodies of ore yet lying hidden.
We must have another legislative session
all hazards to annul the vicious new lien
law aud restore the old, which was all sufi-
cient. Under it you could contract with a
to build a house, say Tor SIS, 900. He
went to several parties who furnished him
with lumber and one thing or another
needed in the construction on time, and
that they had furnished such stuff, and
looked to you for pay. You didn't pay
contractor until he had squared with
all these lien-holders and had vouchers. It
to me that this was good enough for
all purposes, and any man that hadn't
energy enough to write the few lines neces-
is too lazy to protect and ought to
suffer the loss"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

New York and the East generally have
been suffering from q hot wave which ought
to drive them to the relief that our own
Rocky Mountains alone can afford them.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

Everybody should make it a point to
hear Justice Mc'Connell's eloquent grafton
to-day. It will be a great feature of the
days demonstration.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

We fear that a very large part OF the job
lots of enthusiasm on hand for to-day was
exhausted last night.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06
The Turk Must Act,

LONDON, July ~8.-England has refused to
grant Turkey any further time for signing
The Anglo. Turkish convention.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06
Tho Olearinxs

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.-The weekly bank
cIear;ngs are $10.S7a.OoO.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06
GENERAL 7

Mrs. Lucy G. Lille, the writer, has been
visiting Mr.. Cleveland at the White House.
Mrs. Lille pronounces Mrs. Cleveland,s
manner the perfection Of grace, dignity and
af1abiiity. 1t seems that Mrs. Lille, who
rs a particular friend ofMrs. Alma Tadema,
that artist, who is anxious to paint tho
lady Of the White House as ''Undine" h,t
as This would necessitate either a %iournev
to London or q journey to Washinston 4
is not probable that the desire viii be nv
complished. az
All the best people, with grandfather.
and grandmothers, in Philadelphia are IN
q fntter OF excitement over the ~annonn.a.
mene that Mrs Admiral Dahleren l. tnsIs
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

NOTES OF WARNING.
Grand Marshal Pinkham notifies AZ
parties who intend to take part in the pro
~cession t-day to report to IN at the COZ,
ner OF Montana and Park streets at 81"
a. m sharp, He particularly notifies all
the assistant marshals to be promptly on
hand.
The Parnell Rifles decided at their meet
ing last night to turn out whether tbe'l
uniforms arrive or not. They will meet a.
$50 at their armory, and march in whfie
SHIRTS, dark pants and military caps, "
case the uniforms don't get here.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06

ARRIVAL OF BIS FAMILY.
Morris Sands and wife, Mrs. Abraham
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-06
MENTALLY UNBALANCED.
Suicide Of Abraham saids in hi. City
on Friday Night Undsr Gircun.
stances indicating Aber.
ration Of Mind.
The Pressure Of Constant Mental Strain
Attended With the Inevitable
Consequence Of Reason
Overthrow. ?

This community was startled yesterday
forenoon by a rumor which spread all ovel
the city that Abraham Sands, the wealthy
Denver brewer, ranch-owner and dry goodl
merchant had committed suicide at bis
room in the Albemarle House, On West
Granite. The firm to which he belonged
in Butte was composed Qf Julius and Abra.
ham Sands and James r. Boyce, Jr.
julius resides in New York and has been
the resident buyer of the firm there. Abra
ham has been for many years q resident
of Denver, where he has large brewery in
terests and much valuable property. He
came up from Denver about three weeks
ago and was here a couple OF weeks when
he went over to Helena, where his brother
Morris Sands and he have q large dry
goods store, and where his wife and son
preceded him. After remaining there a few
days he returned to Butte on Thursday,
and vent to room at the Albemarle. He
retired to his room on Friday night about
II O'Clock and was not seen afterwards
alive. About IL O'Clock yesterday morn
ing the door of his room was forced open
and his body found ON the bed weltering in
it's blood.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-29
Note of Inquiry and Warning.

Did not our legislature, few years ago,
pass law in regard to self-propelling
threshers, requiring a man to 60 in ad-
vance to protect and assist the citizen
meeting the engine Such Is my recollec-
ton. Please give US the law and if there
is such law, and our machine men per.
sist in violating it, somebody, undoubted-
ly, will be prosecuted.
1 write this in self-defence. One year
ago one of those monsters caused nv
horse to run back and turn my buggy
over, because of the absence of the man
who ought to have met and assisted me. I
notice they are doing the same thing this
year. o. M.
Mt, Meridian. Va, July 81, 1857.
20. M" is right. Such a law was pass
ed and approved March 10, 1884. 1t was
in type three weeks ago in this office, but
was crowded out then and each week
since. Here it is:
l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That any person who
Shall move an engine with steam on any
turnpike or county road of this State,
shall first send and keep one hundred
yards in trent of his engine, messenger,
whose duty it shall be to notify persons of
the approach of the steam engine, and if
necessary, to assist them in holding their
horses until it shall have passed by. Such
engine shall be provided with good spark
arrester, in proper order and place, to pre-
vent spreading fire.
2 Any person who shall fail to con form
to The requirements of the preceding Sec
ton shall be liable to fine of five dollars,
to be imposed as like fines, on conviction
and judgment before Justice of the
Peace. The offender or offenders shall be
liable for damages to any person aggrieved.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-29
The Great Love- for the Workingman
EXemDlified


The Rockingham "Register' says, in
referring to. an article in this paper a
couple of weeks since, on the removal of
the Court of Appeals printing from Staun-
ton to HarriSonburg:
'We assure the VINDICAToR that if
anybody loses any money on the Court of
Appeals Record work. by reason Of its
coming to HarrisOnburg, it will be the
proprietors, and not the printers
The proprietors of the offices here have
for the last few years been getting 50 cents
per printed page for the record work done
by them, and at this figure their profit
was small. They paid their compositors
80 cents per thousand ems. which is not
more than fair living price. 1t was plain
to the writer of the article referred to
that when Harrisonburg firm got the
contract for the work at bid of 5 cents
per page less than the work had been
taken at here, somebody would lose
money. He also saw that the c0mpositor
the working man-Would lie the one
who would have to lose, and so it appe ars,
# the statement that the Harrisonburg
printers must do the work for Is cents per
1000 ems be true. The compositor may
really lose nothing, but he must labor for 5
cents less per thousand ems than the just
compensation for the work in this part of
the country; he must work fer less than
his Staunton brother printer to enable his
employer to make the same profit on his
labor that the Staunton contractors made
Thirty cents per thousand ems is as little
as printer can afford to do this work for.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-29
Case Dismissed.

Last Thursday night the colored people
had an entertainment at the Skating
Rink. 1t seems that they kept it up till
after one o'clock Friday morning, when
Mr.. Joseph Liekliter, Police No. 1,
entered and prodeeded to turn out the
gas-lights. A number Of colored men
gathered around him, taking hold Of him,
and one holding his ''bIlly." For time
it looked as if there would be serious
trouble. b1t other police appeared on the
scene and order was restored. Mr.. Lick
liter got warrant for several coiored
men for resisting and officer. and the ne
groes sWore out warrant for the arrest
of ME- Llckliter. The trial came up be.
fore Mayor SmeItZer on Saturday and was
held in the Courthouse. There was large
number of witnesses and the hearing &C.
cupied great part of the day. The Mayor
reserved his decision till Monday. when he
dismissed the cases without any costs.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-29
Gone to Rest.

Mrs. Mary HouRIhan, wife of Mr.. Thos.
Hou nihan, of this city, died at O'Clock
on Saturday morning last, July %, at the
residence of her husband. Her disease
was abcess Of the iiyer. Mrs. Hounihan
was born in Limerick. Ireland, and at the
time of her death was in her Gath year.
The funeral was from st. Francis Cath
olIc) church on Sunday afternoon.
Departed this life Sunday morning, July
oath, 1887, Miss Maggie breckenridge
Wren, eldest daughter Of the late A. D.
Wren. Miss Wren had been ill for some
five months. Consumption was the fatal
disease. She was the author of a number
of poems. A book written by her. enti-
tied Echoes from the Heart" has been
highly spoken Of and displays her rare
talents. Her funeral took place at II A
M. Monday last, from Trinity (EpiscopaD
church, of which she was member, Rev.
W. @. Hullihen, the rector, officiating.
The pall-bearers were Messrs. G. Men.
Whittle, Mac. McCue, L. D. Young, F.
D. Stribling, Heber Ker and VIM. Gay.
Mrs. Hulvey, wife OF Prof. Geo. H.
Hulvey, County Superintendent of Schools
of Rockingham county, died at the resi-
dence of her husband at Bridgewater on
Monday, July IS, from complication of
diseases Mrs. Hulvey had been a great
sufferer for year. and when she knew that
she must soon pass away and leave her
four little boys, 1.-THE youngest not four
years oldl she expressed regret on account
of this, but when the end came she was
ready to go and murmured not. She was
most excellent lady. Prof. and Mrs.
Hulvey are pleasantly remembered by
many here, the Professor having been sew
eral years ago Principal of the Stanton
Public High School.
AT Winchester, Ky, on July %, Mar
garet Bower, daughter of Mr.. VIM. B.
Logan, formerly of Staunton, died from
cholf IRA infantum. She was aged l months.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-29
SATURDAYS Rain ,

Saturday afternoon heavy rain visited
5he city and passed over much Of the
county. The rain fell in great quantities
for some time, and in town served to give
the streets good washing. Lewis Greek,
which passes through this place, was on
boom. The result on the atmosphere was
a change from close, sultry state to a
delightfully."- cool and invigoratlng condl-
ton. The rains BETTING companions,
thunder and lightning, accompanied it,,
the peals of thunder being loud and sharp
and the lightning's flashes vivid and start
ling. The electric fluid entered a room
in the building on Augusta street owned
by Hon. j. A. Cochran and in which is
Stoneburner & Prufer's office. No dam.
age was done. The ball Of electricity is
supposed to have entered through hole
in the wall in which is a pipe. It danced
about the floor for a few seconds and then
made its exit by the same opening where
it entered.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-29
Greenville Items.
LAWN PARTY-PERsoNAL, sc.

LAWN PARTY-PERsoNAL, sc.
Reported for the Staunton VINDIcAToR.l
-GREENVILLE, July %.
The lawn party held here Tuesday and
Wednesday nights was decided success
in both a social and financial sense. The
first night was so unfavorable that the
crowd repaired to the Town Hall, where
refreshments were served by ladies dressed
in costumes. The second night being ia
yorable. the lawn at the school house was
lighted by Chinese lanterns and the
grounds were crowded with youth and
beauty. Everything passed off pleasantly.
A cake was voted the prettiest young
lady, and Miss Maggie Waddy was the
successful candidate. The amount real
lied was about $4,000.
Miss Jessie Mish, who has been gone for
three months visiting friends and relatives
in West Virginia, Baltimore and othtr
points, returned home last Monday.
Miss Madge Gilkeson is visiting her cous-
ms. the Misses Tate, in town.
Quite a number of our people are mov-
ing this week to Cold Spring, that delight
full summer resort at the base of the Blue
Ridge mountain, about four miles from
here.
There will be communion services at
Bethel next Sunday.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-07-29
a Gilt-edge Brick Yard.

Seated by the side of Maj. B. 4. Bagby,
last wednesday morning, a VINDICAToR
pencll-slInger rode out to the Majors
new brick yard, and a gilt-edge yard it
may be called. 1t is just out of town on
| the eastern side of the Staunton and Lex
lngton pike, on slight eminence. Look
ing at the surface of the ground and judg-
ing from its appearance one would not
think that a suitable place for making
good bricks as far as getting the right sort
OF material is concerned. Go down six
| inches and the gravels, which cover the
ground, disappear, aud there is found first
class clay for brick-making. Maj. Bagby
opened this yard last spring, and has since
made about two hundred aud fifty thous-
and bricks. Last week he burned a kiln
containing some seventy-fye thousand
bricks. Wednesday morning they had
cooled sufficiently to allow one to walk
over the top and examine them. They
are Of a beautiful red color-and this COL
or is Uniform. This is the only place in
the history of brick-making here where
the bricks burn from top to bottom of the
kiln so uniformly as to color. Hereto
fore the output Of the kilns has consisted
of some red, some black and some yellow
bricks, but here they are red. Used in
building, they require no painting. Houses
built with other bricks have to be painted
red to make the color uniform and after
a few years they show to very poor ad-
vantage.
About twenty laborers are employed here
under the foreman. Mr.. Thos. Earman. A
we'll twenty-five feet deep, and near the
road fence, furnishes the water, which is
forced by one of Rife & Sehoppert's by
draulic rams through pipe to a point on
the hill just above the yard, where several
large cement-llned basins receive and
hold the water.
Maj. Bagby has been contracting bu i'd
er in Stauntou for the past thirty-eight
years. He thinks that he has erected
nearly half the brick houses in the city
The Catholic church was put up by him
thirty eight years ago. It was one of his
first jobs.
In Roanoke Maj. B. has for the last fif-
teen or eighteen months erected one
house per mouth. Here he has a brick
yard in conjunction with Mr.. Joseph Ear
man, formerly of Stanton.
He visited Roanoke last week and saws
there are now about one hundred houses
in course of erection; and he noticed the
spirit of life and push in that fast gro W
ing young city.